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Williams syndrome
- dang 7y agoRelated from 7 months ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20093646 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20093646 2014: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7583121 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7583121
- mkaic 7y agoI have a good friend with Williams syndrome—one of the nicest and most caring people I know. He has extreme emotional swings, but unless I hadn’t been told by his parents, I’d never have realized he had any sort of diagnosable condition.
- jonstewart 7y agoWow, that sounds very high functioning. It can be really variable, depending on how many genes are deleted at conception.
- chance_state 7y agoI noticed this video on Reddit recently which is an interview with a person with Williams syndrome: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxZ7aZMFHPE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxZ7aZMFHPE
- jonstewart 7y agoMuch gets made of the “elfin” appearance, “cocktail party” personality, and “unusual verbal abilities,” but there’s nothing good about having Williams Syndrome.
- doesnotexist 7y agoI cringe at the use of language such as "nothing good about X" when talking about a population of people, as it reeks of ignorance. I will give you the benefit of the doubt though, perhaps you hadn't meant to come across so bald faced.
- jonstewart 7y agoI have a family member with Williams Syndrome.